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Published 10:18 5 Feb 2016 GMT
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"I think he [Ole] was happy with that role," Hernandez said in an interview with The Times.
"People thought I was, too, but I wasn’t. I was not happy being on the bench."Chicharito, who has recently been named the Bundesliga Player of the Month for the third consecutive time, also broke down the circumstances that saw him part ways Louis van Gaal in the summer. “In the first few weeks, he spoke to me and said he saw a good future, that I would have more chances than normal. It made me feel I could play. But then, after the start of the season, he told me he was thinking Wazza would be his No 1.
“He said I would be No 2, but that the reality was that if Wazza got injured or was out for any reason, when he came back he would play [no matter how well I had done].
"It was 99 per cent likely I would not be first choice.
"He was clear. That was his idea, and we have to be respectful of that. We decided that if a good offer came, I would take it.”
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